Combined soap-drainer and brush.



L. TIJOU.

COMBINED SOAP DRAINER- AND BRUSH.

N FILED 1 1111.12, 1914.

APPLIGATIO Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

IHE NORRIS PEIERS CO. PHOTO-LITl-la, WASHINGTON, D. C.

LINCOLN TIJ'OU, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

COMBINED SOAP-DRAINER AND BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed February 12, 1914. Serial No. 818,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINCOLN TiJoo, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Soap-Drainers and Brushes, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in combined soap drainers and brushes, and the object of my invention is to construct novel means wherein a brush of certain structure may be used as a soap receptacle.

Afurther and more specific object of my invention is to provide a brush with suitable drainage devices for the brush bristles, when the brush is laid flat on its back and acting as a soap receptacle when in this position.

IVith the above purpose in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same; Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation showing the device as in use, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of my device on a reduced scale.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings:

1 designates the back of the brush or the base of the receptacle, and 2 a tuft of stiff brush bristles.

3 designates a cake of soap supported by the bristles 2'. 0., using the brush as a soap receptacle.

l designates the convex base into which the bristles are set.

5 designates a gutter located immediately on the inside of the periphery of the base of the bristles.

6 designates the brush handle and 7 a depression in the brush back allowing finger room for the handle 6.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for The bristles 2 are arranged in tufts of varying lengths which present a surface lowest at its central portion and highest at its ends, so that when a cake of soap such as shown at 3 is placed upon the bristles of the brush, the brush only at its ends, thereby offering circulation of air about the entire cake of soap so as to permit it to dry rapidly after using.

It is to be observed that the tufts are ar-,

ranged in rows permitting drainage between the rows and that the convex bristle base produces drainage in all directions toward the gutter 5, and also that the back 7 and the handle 6 being flush permit the device to lie fiat when used as a soap'receptacle.

It is to be particularly observed that the device embodies a sanitary brush with perfect drainage facilities with a sanitary soap receptacle producing perfect drainage for the soap, as well as holding it in a position in which it can be thoroughly aerated and dried in a minimum period of time.

While I have shown and described the brush as a bristle brush, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to this c0nstruction, as hemp, hair, or rubber bristles or teeth maybe employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

In a device of the character described, a back having a convex bristle-holding and liquid-draining surface, a drainage-gutter at the marginal-edge of said convex surface, and bristles set in said convex-surface, the surface outlined by the free ends of the bristles being concave to form a soap-holding and draining receptacle at the upper ends of said bristles.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LINCOLN TIJOU.

E. A. LEAK.

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